With Atlanta overloaded at the SF spot even before they drafted Marvin Williams, Harrington can be the odd man out. His contract is up at the end of the year and the Hawks will likely try to get something for him instead of losing him with nothing to show for it. They need size so either a PF or C. Possibly even a PG so Joe Johnson can slide into his more natural SG spot with Smith moving to the 3.

Give up Troy Murphy and Derek Fisher for Harrington, Lue, and Childress.

Harrington's contract is up and if wants to go elsewhere, then thats $6M that we have free to re-sign Mikael to a long term contract. If he decides to stay, then you find away to move Pietrus or Dunleavy at season's end.

Murphy for Harrington doesn't solve anything. They are both completely equal (except Harrington may take off when his contract's up). Sounds like the lesser risk would be with Murphy (and when there's equal reward, the risk is all that matters).

Harrington's contract expiring isn't a bad thing. Remember that Cohan is a cheap bastard and as long as one of these long term contracts (Dunleavy, Murphy, Fisher, or Foyle) are still on the books after the season is over, then re-signing Mikael will be impossible. Harrington would be a win-win situation either way. If he leaves, them Pietrus steps back into the starting SF with a new long term contract. Harrington decides to re-sign at a good price, then the Warriors have an athletic SF who can slide over to the PF spot as well. Think Antawn Jamison. Harrington is a true SF with Mikael being a 2 whereas Al would give us a better rebounding unit. If they can find away to rid of Fisher AND Murphy, like in my idea, then they can re-sign Pietrus as well.

Anonymous wrote:Remember that Cohan is a cheap bastard and as long as one of these long term contracts (Dunleavy, Murphy, Fisher, or Foyle) are still on the books after the season is over, then re-signing Mikael will be impossible.

Unless Mickael comes out and starts playing like a superstar (something so far, in the 1st half of the Grizzley's game, doesn't look likely), then he's not worth throwing Murphy away over. If we can get Foyle or Dunleavy's contract off the boat, then that's one thing. Murphy's more valueable than Pietrus. Mickael scores, but we have a lot of weapons there. Murphy rebounds... and we don't have a lot of weapons there.

People seem so eagr to throw Murphy away but the rebounding aspect is something that is weak with the team. Murphy is still very valuable and Diogu has to show more (needs the court time ofcourse) to prove that he is a very good replacement. One bad roster move and the team could really go backwards

Besides the Knicks, only championship-caliber teams surround maximum contract players with more high contracts. Hell, I don't even think Detroit's over the limit, and they're the best team in the league.

migya wrote:People seem so eagr to throw Murphy away but the rebounding aspect is something that is weak with the team. Murphy is still very valuable and Diogu has to show more (needs the court time ofcourse) to prove that he is a very good replacement. One bad roster move and the team could really go backwards

Actually, the Warriors are a better rebounding team WITHOUT Murphy. How can I make such a statement like that? Well, the numbers don't like.